Ruth LaGue

Shades of Blue, Original Painting

2024

Artist Comments
A central blue-roofed barn stands confidently in a vast yellow field, backed by a cluster of buildings in the distance. Flattened shapes and a bold palette create a minimalist and graphic quality. The piece explores tonal contrasts and spatial relationships.

About the Artist
Artist Ruth LaGue paints pastoral landscapes and architecture pared down to their barest forms. By providing the most minimal visual cues, she invokes rather than details—adjusting the placement of the horizon line in her paintings, suggesting a range of natural formations. "I am particularly drawn to the interplay between colors and textures in defining spaces," says Ruth. Growing up in an artistic family in Alaska, she has always been encouraged to be creatively curious. Ruth found an indelible connection between the vast, wild landscape of her childhood and the limitless internal landscape of the soul as she traveled through India. The concepts of her practice as a graphic designer and creative director—with a focus on user-centric design—carry over to build a strong foundation for her current work, stretching form, line, and color to their limits. She works at her home studio in Massachusetts with her two Havanese dogs, Rikki and Owen, keeping her company. When she's not painting, Ruth enjoys working the computer, reading, and watching The Great British Bake Off.

Words that describe this painting: roof, barn, expansive, field, tonal, contrast, spatial, rural, geometry, field, minimalist, pastoral, country, countryside, farm, farmland, farm house, sky, color block, architecture, landscape, modern , acrylic painting, yellow

Shades of Blue
Ruth LaGue
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2024
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 8 oz.